Message in a bottle makes 4,000-mile journey

A message in a bottle set in Long Island Sound by a Connecticut man a year and a half ago, has turned up 4,000 miles away in the United Kingdom, according to nbcconnecticut.com.

Jerry Pope, of Niantic, decided to send the message in October 2010.

… He had no idea where the bottle would go, but inside he put his own letter which gave his name and address. It asked the person who found the letter to send him a letter back. He didn’t know if it would even make it out of Niantic Bay.

… It traveled all the way to the Isles of Scilly, located 28 miles off the southwestern coast of England.

The bottle was found on March 22, and days later, Pope received this postcard in the mail.